Brussels 29.10.2021 Written statement by the President of the European Parliament. Following President Sassoli’s request, the Parliament’s legal service today submitted the lawsuit against the European Commission for its failure to apply the Conditionality Regulation to the Court of Justice. The regulation, which was adopted last December, allows the EU to suspend payments from the…
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EU: Poland at crossroads
Brussels 27.10.2021 In spite of the deepening EU-Poland crisis the Member of the European Parliament Ryszard LEGUTKO (ECR) drew attention to the fact that in recent weeks there has been less than usual criticism from the French government. “In recent times, France has been reluctant to join the anti-Polish crusade,” Legutko underlined. As he assessed,…
Leyen stands for ECJ primacy
“The recent ruling of the German Constitutional Court put under the spotlight two issues of the European Union: the Euro system and the European legal system” reads the statement of the President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen on decision of the German Constitutional Court. “We will look into possible next steps, which…
ECB: ECJ versus German judges
The European Court of Justice found itself in utmost controvericial situation in its 68-year history created by the German judges. Germany’s constitutional court has accused the ECJ of “overstepping its powers” by backing the ECB’s quantitative easing program. “This is a declaration of war on the ECJ, an invitation for other countries to ignore decisions…
EU Court ruled UK can cancel Brexit
The European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled that the UK has right to cancel their request to withdraw form the European Union (EU) under Article 50 procedure, commonly known as Brexit, without asking for permission from other member states of the bloc. EU court ruling boosts Brexit opponents https://t.co/BskxESxpTG — Reuters (@Reuters) December 10, 2018 The…
EU top jurist suggests cancellation of Brexit
The European Union’s top legal adviser said the UK had the right to withdraw its Article 50 notice, and cancel Brexit plans, opening a new dimension for Prime Minister Theresa May’s plans to leave the EU, which could be rejected in Westminster next week. EU court advisor says Britain can end #Brexit unilaterally https://t.co/YohsWsuby3 pic.twitter.com/MjkFirjQRM —…
May “caving in” to Brussels’ demands
Janice ATKINSON, OPINION The first stage talks on Brexit concluded with Theresa May caving in to Brussels’ demands: more ECJ rule (for at least eight years), complying with single market and customs union rules in a transition period of somewhere in the region of two years. Careful not to give an end date for the…
UK to abandon European Court of Justice
The UK will outline its plans to abandon the “direct jurisdiction” of the European Court of Justice after Brexit, one of Prime Minister Theresa May’s main aims in talks to unravel 40 years of EU membership. https://twitter.com/ukbizz/status/900293733345882112 The plans will be laid out in documents Britain has published this month as it attempts to enhance…
Davis: no future for ECJ in UK
The UK will not accept the “one-sided” powers of the European Court of Justice (ECJ) as part of a deal to leave the European Union, Brexit minister David Davis said, while criticizing an “ideological obsession” with the ECJ decision in Brussels. The EU27 plan for negotiating Brexit was put forward by the chief negotiator Michel…
ECJ ruling against headscarf
The European Court of Justice (ECJ) in Luxembourg decided in favor of a Belgian firm which had a rule barring employees who dealt with customers from wearing visible religious and political symbols may not have discriminated against a receptionist dismissed for wearing a headscarf. From now onwards the compainies in the EU got a green…
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